Recent Photos of Texarkana AFS, AR
Site Looking East
Site Looking South
Radar Ops Looking North
Radar Ops Looking South
Radar Ops Looking West
Recreation & Radio Bldgs Looking North
Housing Looking North
This photo taken May 7, 2011
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June 2001 photos by Tom Page
A view of the former long-range radar station as seen from the west side of the site. The
FAA retained the AN/FPS-91A search radar (seen with the radome in the center of the photo)
after the Air Force deactivated the 703rd Radar Squadron; however, the radar appeared to be
no longer in use. The building on the right appeared to have been the Motor Pool, while the
building on the left was definitely the LRR Operations building. One foundation of the
AN/MPS-14 height-finder radar tower is seen in the photo center, just to the left of the
search-radar tower and in front of the trees (see next photo). [looking east-southeast]
A close-up view of one foundation of the AN/MPS-14 height-finder radar tower. The other
three foundations were seen in the underbrush. An old cable trough led from here to the
LRR Operations building (seen in the background). [looking east]
Two of the old Quonset huts located just to the north of the radar / ops area.
[looking east-northeast]
Foundations of an unknown radar or communications tower (two identical foundations were
observed just inside the fence). [looking southwest] Note: ADCOM historical records
list only two radars: one search radar (AN/FPS-20 / AN/FPS-91A) and one height-finder
radar (AN/MPS-14), so it`s not clear what these foundations were for. I speculate that
the AN/FPS-20 search radar might have originally been on a temperate tower before being
moved into the arctic tower and being upgraded to the AN/FPS-91A version (?). Or, maybe
an AN/FPS-3 (AN/MPS-7) or an AN/FPS-8 (AN/MPS-11) type might have preceded the AN/FPS-20
(?) (the ADCOM records are incomplete in places). If anyone knows, please let us know.
Thanks.
The old recreation building, located to the northeast of the Quonset huts and adjacent to
the present-day FAA RCAG site. [looking north]
The following photos were contributed by Scott Murdock.
From the web site http://www.capnhq.gov/airfield/ViewAirport.asp?view=Thumb&state=AR&code=TXK&filetype
